K2 Darkstar
July 28, 2008
By: Scott Briggs
SnowboardReviews.com
Boston – The 2008 K2 Darkstar is a true FreeStyle snowboard that provides you tons of versatility. This is the board for the rider who likes to pretend the whole mountain is one bog park. You will notice that this boards transitions well whether ripping up the park, jumping any natural hit or cruising the trees.
The Darkstar use the twin tip shape design to give it the true FreeStyle makeup and also includes a medium flex for versatility. This board uses the Hybritaper construction which tapers out the core at the tip and tail to reduce swing weight making your landings easier. The Darkstar then is designed with Hyper progressive sidecut and centered stance offer providing a fast response and control. The board is then capped with K2’s fastest natural base the Sintered 4000.
Features of The Darkstar Snowboard:
Ride Antic Snowboard
July 17, 2008
By: Scott Briggs
SnowboardReviews.com
Boston – The 2008 Ride Antic Snowboard is a snowboard designed to ride the whole mountain under all conditions. The Antic is a FreeStyle board with a Twinish shape, the difference from a straight twin is that this board also allows you to have a stance that it is a little set back not a 100 percent centered stance.
The 2008 Antic features Ride’s standard Thin Con construction which is designed to reduce swing weight in all their boards. This snowboard also feature the 90a Slimewalls, which do a solid job of absorbing impact and interacting well with all conditions that the hit the surface. The Slimewalls coupled with the Carbon Array Laminate give you a board that is truely designed to rode in control no matter where you are on the mountain. You will notice that this board is super responsive and is not going to let you down when you are pressing hard down the mountain.
The 2008 Antic is then capped off with a Fusion 4000 base which Ride refers to as “The fastest, hardest and most durable base material known”. Overall this is a great all mountain board that you for a ride.
Features of The Ride Antic Snowboard:
Burton Clash
July 8, 2008
By Scott Briggs
SnowboardReviews.com
Boston – The Burton Clash Snowboard is a twin tip FreeStyle all-mountain snowboard. This Burton Snowboard was built for any level rider and is designed to be fun. This is the type of Snowboard where you could be cruising on the Greens with your girlfriend in the AM to ripping through the trees and the park in the afternoon.
The 2008 Burton Clash Snowboard features the maintenance free Lightspeed Vision base. This is a base where you are not going to need to wax it every ride to make it fast. The Clash also features a core of Fly Core and Negative Core Profile. The Fly core is designed thinner between your feet so you can get a real feel for the snow, while making the board softer with more freestyle flex and torsion. The board also features the Biax React Fiberglass giving you a low torsional flex and a forgiving feel.
Burton did a solid job adding different elements to this board so it is truly made for all level riders. As most riders know a forgiving board is one of the most important features when you are first learning to ride.
Overall this is a great all-mountain that at a price under $300 you can not pass up.
Features of the Burton Clash Snowboard:
- Lightspeed™ Vision Base
- Fly® Core
- Biax™ React Fiberglass
- Negative Core Profile
- Directional Shape